Ang Lee

Ang Lee OBS Chinese 李安 pinyin Lǐ Ān born October 23 1954 is a Taiwanese filmmaker His films are known for their emotional charge and exploration of repressed hidden emotions During his career he has received international critical and popular acclaim and numerous accolades including two Academy Awards five BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globe Awards Born in Pingtung County Lee gained fame in Taiwan for the Father Knows Best trilogy including Pushing Hands 1991 The Wedding Banquet 1993 and Eat Drink Man Woman 1994 which explored the relationships and conflicts between tradition and modernity and between Eastern and Western cultures His breakthrough in Hollywood came with Sense and Sensibility 1995 which was his first Englishlanguage film His other notable films include The Ice Storm 1997 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2000 Hulk 2003 Lust Caution 2007 Brokeback Mountain 2005 Life of Pi 2012 Billy Lynns Long Halftime Walk 2016 Gemini Man 2019 Description above from the Wikipedia article Ang Lee licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia